Academic Plan

St. Kate's apparel design major blends exciting courses in the liberal arts, like fine arts, psychology and literature, with rigorous apparel design courses such as garment construction, fashion illustration and patternmaking.

We offer anatomy and mathematics courses as well. Both useful in apparel design to better understand the human body and measurement or proportions.

Below is a sample academic plan. You can work with an advisor to tailor the courses to your interest.

* Denotes course is part of liberal arts and sciences core requirements (for all majors).

Writing Requirement for Majors​

Apparel design majors satisfy the Writing Requirement for Majors by completing FASH 2150: Color. You complete the Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Writing Requirement with three other writing-intensive courses (CORE 1000: The Reflective Woman and CORE 3990: Global Search for Justice and one other writing-intensive course in this or another department).

Minor in Studio Art​

St. Kate's apparel design majors must take art courses, automatically satisfying the requirements for a minor in studio art.

You may also choose a minor in other areas, such as business, journalism, communications or psychology to prepare for careers in design, product development, merchandising, buying, management, fashion writing or fashion consulting.

Alumna Stephanie Lesko, for example, double-majored in apparel design and fashion merchandising, and triple-minored in art, business and theater. She is now the assistant product manager at The Bon Ton Stores, Inc.